Reid v. Blanke

SAMUEL, Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this suit for $500, the amount established as liquidated damages in a contract to buy and sell immovable property, for defendants’ breach of that contract. The petition alleges defendants agreed to make extensive repairs to the home being sold by them to the plaintiffs but failed to do so within the time specified in the contract. The defendants answered in the form of a general denial.

After trial there was judgment awarding plaintiffs $500 as prayed. Following rendition of the judgment, defendants filed an amended answer in which they admitted the contract and…